Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
AGRADUATING CLASS HIST
An Epitome of Statistics and
pehiugs of Five Years.

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neniugs OF Five Years.
NEW YORK, April 9.-The class df 1889
On an Eastern college in good standing
numbered thirty-siX young women. What
have these three dozen specimens of the
..higher education" been doing, what
nlans have they formulated in the half
decade since!
When INV thirty-six graduates turneG
awav from the blackboard and rubbed the
dnst of its scholastic chalk out of their
ewes for a first clear glance at very un~
scholastic world on the morning after
commencement day they were p years
old upon an average. They we've n good
health every one so far as | knc&. They
were of good abilities. Nobody stspecte q
or gave utterance to any suspicion OF 81
budding genius in their number. Geniuses
are too rare in this world to look Tor one
IN the ordinary college class among two
score or less ordinary American girls,
They were bright, possibly ambitious,
Young women, fairly good examples Of
womanhoOd's possibilities and aims.
They have been five years out of the
class room now; have steadied them
selves on their feet after leaning on the
Il
perhaps, the extra seli-cOnSciOusnes that
came OF knowledge that they had dis.
regarded time-hOnored traditions, and
ought to furnish from actual experience
some sort OF answer to the question the
thrifty social economist is every day
mooting: Does pater familias waste his
money when he sends the prospective
head of nurseryful OF chubby little folk
to school?
| met the secretary of the class the
other day and asked her of the doings OF
the thirty-siX; did she know and could
she tell me what five years had brought
to those fresh.cheeked A. BPS, whomit
must have turned from girls into women
and carried past some of the turning
points in wOman's career?
Five years next June" she repeated,
leanlng back in the big armchair in the
city office where we sat; live years since
we wore those white muslins; and IL has
made me a sewing machine agent, and
D0rOthy-curly-hea Dolly we used to
call her-a doctor, and left Reltn with
TWO babies on her knee. When commence
ment comes round again we shallhaye a
class reunion; and L was making but nv
statistics and record OF class Happenings
ten minutes before you came and bpened
the door. | have been a diligent sscre-
tary, and wearled them all with letters
and question lists, aud here / nave in
epitOme the lite OF the class for the
iull five years. You won't find a list of
very tremendous achievements in il. but
attor all | am not ashamed OF the doings
Of 'S2.
"Here is what call the most IMPORTANT
OIL OF memoranda" she went on, turning
the pages hastily, and selecting sheet TO
put before my eyes. I'VE are all in good
nealtn, you see. Nobody has written n
DOCK and perhaps none of us Will ever
NIL up library with our wisdom; but, at
least, we have not added a single invalid
10 the ranks OF de6ilitated women.
twenty" and her pencil pointed cut the
names upon the written list, report
themselves robust That was the eli
max OF the adjectives l offered them.
Nihe write themselves down simply
well TOUR answer that they are fairly
WELL ana three, whom L put down as
oelo" the average say they are tired,
n uuS nave no distress that a vacation
would not cure. On the whole the record
satisfies me, though | am hard one to
please, and the critical machine agent
snook her halr back from her forehead,
TuiPeu up ana swung pair OF Indian
Ui t mat she took from behind her desk
WIN Vlgor that proved her own athletic
powers Gnimpaired.
HOW many of you are married." |
HsAeu When L had ensconced myself in
W., ~n%I hoped might prove a safe corner at
'ne n Lur ther end OF the room.
r;, NNlhe' she answered between motions,
MN laughing disdain of nv fears
rive OF the girls married college menU..-
s une cluDs began to describe Intricate
neutes aooye her head.--"and four have
%o' iuslsted on Greek az prereouIsite
d ~ me partner. Two have narrieh
0n,o one lawyer, one a teacher auh
1"Cs munster. Then one found SOME
S SouS Qualities, or thought she did. in h
S 0"nA cashier; one has married into dry
w 0us, ana two have gone to tarmina.
mo 1og needn't lift your eyebrows at
brntbo, ney married genuine farmert,
the NIL III the real country, and wash
win IN pans, IL they don't make butter,
Ti, inv IneIr own higher educated hands
sine II! Yes, / think go. and tbAv nave
both of ~ al IN the district hnd ara
I'M ". mem on the School Commiktee.
And a., MARI ages out OF the CLASH of 'S2,
Nota iarYs c ,ne families nave C hildreA. l
Or four ont. Up Vi them as YET, blht tht
tho Fr'- oh' ana couple OF tCos 10 kei
msrrItS ess busy. Only quarter of
lave - 10 be sure they say That \
marr,i 'is uOh care for husbands, or tl
coIlega linen men are not on the Lookout |
Won win a out' dIJef all, don't bplieN
irom" y,I una the proportion very dGnereM
ay aver what it is with other girls in any
MARI Eastern town. We cln't al
luck H.. nowadays, you know: and it -
need g. ~, Us That unless we like we don't
UT reasons" ''' i'"u aus
Gomg Win NY the unmarried twentg-seveh
lpdia, YIN themselVesyr asked "a ma
RupS bN vilos look rest and their owner
armcaa I,s sell flushed and smiling into her
@%Vaslr once more. - '''' me-
sa{, So" .r,o y. inc girls are teaching" she
into an "o vs. than have found IN. ir way
see 1 J ,., other ono pursuit. sorry
Oyercro. teach, Tor the business is !
tbu,,aso,"aued aud unless she ia nm en-. !
rse, C",' sue stands very little ebanee 10
places ' in girls be sin TO get tbe good
lad, and u,1tugh, when there are any 10 be-
From nv -, To- $1,000 In city MIN schools. |
max. tp, Ie hgures AZ The nigh wafer |
ir,imtla wage. run dow 10 $40 wsok |
10 Homage,po d minded hate-who has class 8 |
lllug 6et.a.nla ibo alphabet and eyery- |
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